More Baroque band poll

 

Of course, it makes a lot of sense. It's very good to use a notion with multiple semantics whilst explaining the way you're using it. The difference you explain is accurate, I only want to add these: the adjective "baroque" was created by extracting the patterns of only plastic arts and arhitecture of that certain era, and not also of music. This was because the music of the period was different in ways than the plastic arts and architecture. Still, later music from the 17th century was called "baroque" because it was created in the Baroque era, and, I repeat, not because it had "baroque" features. ("The original meaning of "baroque" is "irregularly shaped pearl", a strikingly fitting characterization of the architecture and design of this period; later, the name came to be applied also to its music. Baroque music forms a major portion of the classical music canon." - as wikipedia accurately says it). This is why "baroque" music isn't actually "baroque". The only inovation in music in the Baroque era that was actually baroque was Opera.

 

As you said, the difference is between "polyphony" with "counterpoint" on one side and "homophony" on the other, using words a little more precise. In this case, we could do a totally different scale than the one i proposed.